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Name: Lévyne-Ca RRUFF ID: R080128 Ideal Chemistry: Ca3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O Locality: Dallas, Oregon, USA Source: Michael Scott S100946 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Thin clear colorless tabular hexagonal crystals coated by chatoyant erionite or offretite on volcanic matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Levyne (3) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Lévyne-Ca samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R080128.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.392(1)Å b: 13.392(1)Å c: 22.698(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3525.2(5)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Lévyne-Ca | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Brewster D (1825) Description of leveyne, a new mineral species, The Annals of Philosophy, 10, 75-76 [view file] |
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Brewster D (1825) Description of levyne, a new mineral species, The Edinburgh Journal of Science, 2, 332-334 [view file] |
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Passaglia E, Galli E, Rinaldi E (1974) Levynes and erionites from Sardinia, Italy, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 43, 253-259 [view file] |
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Sheppard R A, Gude A J, Desborough G A (1974) Levyne-offretite intergrowths from basalt near Beech Creek, Grant County, Oregon, American Mineralogist, 59, 837-842 [view file] |
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Merlino S, Galli E, Alberti A (1975) The crystal structure of levyne, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 22, 117-129 |
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Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Rossi A, Alberti A (1994) Occurrence of zeolites from Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), Terra Antartica, 1, 96-99 |
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Sacerdoti M (1996) New refinements of the crystal structure of levyne using twinned crystals, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1996, 114-124 |
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Coombs D S, Alberti A, Armbruster T, Artioli G, Colella C, Galli E, Grice J D, Liebau F, Mandarino J A, Minato H, Nickel E H, Passaglia E, Peacor D R, Quartieri S, Rinaldi R, Ross M, Sheppard R A, Tillmanns E, Vezzalini G, (1997) Recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the Subcommittee on Zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 1571-1606 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Grew E S, Roberts A C (1998) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 83, 1347-1352 [view file] |
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Gatta G D, Comodi P, Zanazzi P F, Ballaran T B (2005) Anomalous elastic behavior and high-pressure structural evolution of zeolite levyne, American Mineralogist, 90, 645-652 [view file] |
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Arletti R, Vezzalini G, Quartieri S, Cámara F, Alvaro M (2013) A new framework topology in the dehydrated form of zeolite levyne, American Mineralogist, 98, 2063-2074 |
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Cametti G, Churakov S V. (2020) Crystal structure of Ag-exchanged levyne intergrown with erionite: Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and molecular dynamics simulations, American Mineralogist, 105, 1631-1638 |
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